ge-séfte
Soft, mild ⬩ mītis
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Soft, mild; mītis Wǽron hyra gongas sméðe and geséfte their ways were smooth and soft, Exon. 43 a; Th. 146, 3; Gú. 704, Swá him éðost biþ, sylfum geséftost as to them may be easiest, softest to themselves, Elen. Kmbl. 2587; El. 1295
Linked entry: séfte
morþ
death ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ that which causes death ⬩ murder ⬩ slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed ⬩ murder ⬩ homicide
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be given up to the kinsmen (of the slain man), and if the accusation be brought, and the attempt of the accused to clear himself fail, let the bishop pass sentence, L.
Linked entries: morþ-weorc morþ-wyrhta
fram-scipe
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Fram ðyssa munuca fram-scype (freóndscipe, v.l.) tó lǽrenne Crístes geleáfan Angelþeóde wæs sended Aidan thanks to the energy of these monks (but the Latin is: ab horum collegio monachorum) Aidan was sent to teach belief in Christ to the English, Bd.
lang-fǽre
Lasting ⬩ enduring ⬩ old
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Swá eác treówa gif hí beóþ on fullum mónan geheáwene hí beóþ heardran and langfǽrran tó getimbrunge so too trees, if they are cut down at the full moon, are harder and more lasting for building, Homl. Th. i. 102, 23
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magu-timber
A child ⬩ progeny ⬩ all those who are born
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through him that created the world, Exon. 89 a; Th. 335, 13; Gn.
ge-bylded
Emboldened ⬩ encouraged ⬩ animated ⬩ corrōbĕrātus ⬩ anĭmātus
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Se Barac, gebyld swíðe þurh God, feaht him togeánes Barak, much encouraged by God, fought against them, Jud. 4, 14. Hý wǽron gebylde they were encouraged, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 25.
tún-land
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Land of an estate or a farm Ðis sindon ða lond*-*gemǽra ðæra túnlonda ðe intó Perscóran belimpaþ these are the boundaries of the lands forming the estate of Pershore, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 76, 28
stefn-byrd
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Regulation, direction Sceoldon eal beran stíþe stefnbyrd swá him se steóra bibeád missenlíce gemetu all creatures had to submit to firm direction, as the guide ordered them, various modes, Exon. Th. 349, 12; Sch. 45
ǽwisod
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For form cf. éwis-firinæ under ǽwisc-firen, and for meaning cf. the same word and thee
wrítian
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Fénix, métaþ Fénix they make waxen images of the Phenix, draw it, paint it, E. S. 478
Bryt-ford
a Briton ⬩ a ford ⬩ BRITFORD
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Brytfordan] mid ðam cinge [MS. kinge] Tostig was then at Britford with the king, Chr. 1065; Erl. 194, 38
bá
both
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both; Ða idesa bá both the women, Judth. 11 ; Thw. 23, 22 ; Jud. 133. Wæter and eorþe, sint on gecynde cealda bá twá water and earth, both the two are by nature cold, Fox 20, 152 ; Met. 20, 76.
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égor-streám
A water-stream, water, the sea ⬩ unda, flŭvius, măre
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Égorstreámas swógan the water-streams sounded, Cd. 69 ; Th. 83, 4; Gen. 1374
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éþ
More easily
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More easily Ðæt ic ðý éþ mǽge ðæt sóþe leóht on ðé gebringan that I may the more easily bring upon thee the true light, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 20: 19; Fox 70, 3. Ðú meaht éþ gecnáwan thou mightest more easily know, Bt. Met.
fyrd-gestealla
A comrade in arms ⬩ martial comrade ⬩ expĕdītiōnis bellĭcæ sŏcius ⬩ commīlĭto
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Wurdon Sodomware leófum bedrorene fyrdgesteallum the inhabitants of Sodom were deprived of their beloved martial comrades, Cd. 93; Th. 120, 23; Gen. 1999
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heorþ-bacen
Baked on the hearth
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Baked on the hearth Heorþbacen hláf subcinericius vel focarius, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 64; Wrt. Voc, 41, 20. Mid heorþbacenum hláfe with a loaf baked on the hearth, Herb, 45, 2: Lchdm. i. 148, 8.
glenge
An ornament
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An ornament Hwǽr beóþ ðonne ða glengeas and ða mycclan gegyrelan ðe he ðone líchoman ǽr mid frætwode where shall then be the ornaments and the grand apparel with which he before decked his body? Blickl. Homl. 111, 35. Glengas, 99, 24, 19: 115, 2.
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grundlinga
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Hí tobrǽcon ða burh grundlinga they destroyed the city to its very foundations, Homl. Th. ii. 66, 3; i. 72, 5. Grundlunge, ii. 164, 16
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sweord-fetels
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Se cásere heora ǽlces sweordfætelsas hét forceorfan the emperor ordered the sword-belts of each of them to be cut, Ðat swerd on hundtwelftian mancusas and fóur pund silueres on þan fetelse, Chart. Th. 505, 32.
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ymb-haga
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, and sleah ǽnne stacan onmiddan dam ymbhagan, and lege ðone stán onuppan ðám stacan (the words on the stone are : Contra apes ut salui sint. There are other charms connected with bees on pp. 384, 397), Lchdm. i. 395, 5. v. ymbe a swarm of bees